Sentence examples for superfluous killing from inspiring English sources

And though it was "clearly possible that some soldiers, especially young, inexperienced ones, could misinterpret the message," Steele's leadership had not "encouraged illegal, wanton, or superfluous killing".

Writers are often advised to dispose of their cherished but superfluous paragraphs – to "kill their darlings".

Most importantly, he wanted his son, like so many other young men who were killed in those last, superfluous days of fighting, to come home alive.

"Nuclear Seasons", with its big Ladytron chords, is undeniably a big tune, but the stripper-goth cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" is superfluous, and the posh-girl way she says "shit" and punches the air is not entirely convincing, like being mugged by someone from Made in Chelsea.

Superfluous, indeed.

Superfluous man.

This seems superfluous.

You eliminate the superfluous.

That would be superfluous.

The iPad was superfluous.

Cut out superfluous words.